Some questions from a newbie!

Some questions from a newbie!

Very new to font design and very new to the font forge format (this email list) so bear with me.

I created my first font last week. For the most part, it went well.

It says my em size should be 2 (but it's 1000). If I change it to 2, the font does not generate properly.

I also get "self intersecting" and "missing points of extrema" errors. But the font still generates if I keep the em size at 1000.

I have a few problems I need help with.

1. Spaces do not work with the font. When I use it in Adobe (looking at illustrator right now) when I hit the space bar, a rectangular cliff pops up between letters. When I hit the space bar in Microsoft word, the font becomes unrecognized (word changed the next typed letter to a generic font).

Any ideas how to export the font so this doesn't happen?

2. The thumbnail for my font is a weird, zoomed in shape (not the letterforms of the font). Is there a way to choose what my thumbnail for the font is within font forge?

Thanks so much for your help! I'd love to have a working font and understand this software more.

Re: Some questions from a newbie!

It says my em size should be 2 (but it's 1000). If I change it to 2, the font does not generate properly.

I also get "self intersecting" and "missing points of extrema" errors. But the font still generates if I keep the em size at 1000.

As JS wrote, the message says "power of 2", but as you've discovered, 2 itself is definitely too small. Probably only 1024, 2048 or _maybe_ 4096 make sense.

I have a few problems I need help with.

1. Spaces do not work with the font. When I use it in Adobe (looking at illustrator right now) when I hit the space bar, a rectangular cliff pops up between letters. When I hit the space bar in Microsoft word, the font becomes unrecognized (word changed the next typed letter to a generic font).

Any ideas how to export the font so this doesn't happen?

Create a space glyph. There is a difference between a font having an *empty* glyph (which a space should be) and not having a glyph at all. You can create the glyph by setting its width.

It says my em size should be 2 (but it's 1000). If I change it to 2, the font does not generate properly.

I also get "self intersecting" and "missing points of extrema" errors. But the font still generates if I keep the em size at 1000.

As JS wrote, the message says "power of 2", but as you've discovered, 2 itself is definitely too small. Probably only 1024, 2048 or _maybe_ 4096 make sense.

I have a few problems I need help with.

1. Spaces do not work with the font. When I use it in Adobe (looking at illustrator right now) when I hit the space bar, a rectangular cliff pops up between letters. When I hit the space bar in Microsoft word, the font becomes unrecognized (word changed the next typed letter to a generic font).

Any ideas how to export the font so this doesn't happen?

Create a space glyph. There is a difference between a font having an *empty* glyph (which a space should be) and not having a glyph at all. You can create the glyph by setting its width.